---
title: ManipulationEvents.WillBegin
framework: realitykit
role: symbol
role_heading: Structure
path: realitykit/manipulationevents/willbegin
---

# ManipulationEvents.WillBegin

The event that occurs when someone is about to start an entity manipulation gesture.

## Declaration

```swift
struct WillBegin
```

## Topics

### Instance Properties

- [entity](realitykit/manipulationevents/willbegin/entity.md)
- [inputDeviceSet](realitykit/manipulationevents/willbegin/inputdeviceset.md)
- [pivotPoint](realitykit/manipulationevents/willbegin/pivotpoint.md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [Event](realitykit/event.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Detecting manipulation gesture events

- [ManipulationEvents.DidUpdateTransform](realitykit/manipulationevents/didupdatetransform.md)
- [ManipulationEvents.DidHandOff](realitykit/manipulationevents/didhandoff.md)
- [ManipulationEvents.WillRelease](realitykit/manipulationevents/willrelease.md)
- [ManipulationEvents.WillEnd](realitykit/manipulationevents/willend.md)